Global Patent Index - EP 1456975 A2

EP 1456975 A2 20040915 - OPTICAL CHANNEL MONITOR DEVICE AND METHOD

Title (en)

OPTICAL CHANNEL MONITOR DEVICE AND METHOD

Title (de)

VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR ÜBERWACHUNG EINES OPTISCHEN KANALS

Title (fr)

PROCEDE ET DISPOSITIF DE SURVEILLANCE DE CANAL OPTIQUE

Publication

EP 1456975 A2 20040915 (EN)

Application

EP 02795408 A 20021212

Priority

  • IL 0201006 W 20021212
  • US 33933501 P 20011213

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO03055107A2] An optical device and method are presented for use in monitoring at least one optical channel of an input multi-channel light signal. The device comprises a light splitting assembly for splitting the input light signal into a predetermined number of light components a predeterminded number of tunable wavelength-selective filters each for filtering light of a specific optical channel from the light component passing therethrough and the predetermined number of receivers, each associated with the corresponding one of said filters and operation to detect the filtered light and generate an output signal indicative thereof. The device thereby enables for processing the output signals by an electronic assembly to determine at least one of the following: a central frequency of at least one optical channel of the input light signal, a power of at least one optical channel of the input light signal, a signal to noise ratio of at least one detected optical channel, eye pattern within at least one optical channel of the input light signal bit error rate extraction relative timing jitter of orthogonal polarizations of at least one light channel of the input light signal, and Polarization Mode Dispersion PMD of at least one optical channel of the input light signal.

IPC 1-7

H04B 10/08

IPC 8 full level

H04B 10/08 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

H04B 10/077 (2013.01 - EP US); H04B 10/07955 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 03055107A2

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 03055107 A2 20030703; WO 03055107 A3 20040408; AU 2002360199 A1 20030709; EP 1456975 A2 20040915; US 2003161631 A1 20030828

DOCDB simple family (application)

IL 0201006 W 20021212; AU 2002360199 A 20021212; EP 02795408 A 20021212; US 31833302 A 20021212